Tran Van Huong

Tran Van Huong (1 December 1903-27 January 1982) was Prime Minister of South Vietnam from 4 November 1964 to 27 January 1965 (succeeding Nguyen Khanh and preceding Nguyen Xuan Oanh) and from 28 May 1968 to 1 September 1969 (succeeding Nguyen Van Loc and preceding Tran Thien Khiem) and President from 21 to 28 April 1975 (succeeding Nguyen Van Thieu and preceding Duong Van Minh).

Biography
Tran Van Huong was born in Vinh Long Province, French Indochina in 1903, and he worked as a teacher in My Tho, educating Duong Van Minh. In 1945, he joined the Viet Minh at the start of the First Indochina War, but he left in 1946 after hearing that the Viet Minh planned to kill non-communist intellectuals. He became a pharmacist in Saigon and founded the Renaissance Party of Vietnam in 1953, twice serving as Mayor of Saigon. Huong went on to serve as Prime Minister from 1964 to 1965 and from 1968 to 1969, supporting increased military expenditure and expanded conscription laws. In 1967, he finished fourth in the presidential election with 10% of the vote In 1975, he became President after Nguyen Van Thieu's resignation, but he served for just seven days before himself handing over power to Duong Van Minh just two days before the Fall of Saigon. He was re-educated and released in 1977, but he insisted that he be kept under house arrest until all other former officials were released. He died at his home in 1982 at the age of 78.